New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- In a major fillip to Ajay Singh's bid for a third term as Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president, the Returning Officer Justice (retd) Rajesh Tandon on Thursday rejected the candidature of Rajesh Bhandari for "violating the provision of the Model Election Guidelines." Bhandari had filed his nomination for the posts of secretary-general, vice-president and president. The RO found Bhandari's nomination in violation of Article 6(3) of Model Election Guidelines of the Sports Code that states "each candidate shall be entitled to be nominated by not more than two nomination papers." The RO noted that the election notification issued by the Interim Committee had stated that the polls will be held in accordance with the new BFI constitution that has been approved by World Boxing. The development means BFI presidency will be a contest between Ajay Singh and Sikkim unit's Jaslal Pradhan. The nomination of Kerala unit's Sooraj NK for the post of Treasurer was also rejected for the same reason as Bhandari's. His bid for the posts of secretary general and vice-president, however, stand....